River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-25

Goodwin Smith, of Toronto, who said he
believed, that in time, II tariff were re
moved, the Canadian Northwest would
find a market for the wheat in American
cities in place of in England. Enthusiastic
speeches in favor of closer commercial re-
lations with the states were made by
prominent citizens, and the meeting was
unanimously in favor of this view.
Commodore Kittson, who is now in
the East, has written his manager not to al.
low any of his stock at Midway TO com
pete for prizes in the show rings at the Min
nesOta state fair this season The Com
modore thinks his stock has already taken
premiums enough at former fairs, and now
hopes that all breeders may exhibit their
stock at the coming fair. On account of the
known speed Of Also he has been with
drawn from the three-year-old stakes and
Asteroid will be started instead.
An exciting episode happened to
Postmaster Mccarthy and ex-City Attorney
Gregory of Saltwater. They forgot they
couldn't legally shoot chickens in Wisconsin
until Sept l. But they tried it all the same
and were nabbed Gregory paid "a fine of $40,
but the postmaster somehow escaped
Willie Van Vorhis, who was with them had
TO pay s. and costs There were several
otherreckless Nimrods over there, but they
escaped the vigilant minions of the law.
Z. ii. Morse, an attorney of St.
Cloud, Mimi, and President of the f. H.
| Morse Mortgage Loan association, left that
| city July 30 ostensibly for Geneva Beach
| but did not go there and has not since been
heard of and the belief prevails that he is
| in Canada, and misappropriation Of
| $1,000 is also reported. Mrs. Emily Morse
! has asked that a receiver he appointed for
| such adjustment of the business of the as
sociation as can be made by that means.
Murderous desperadoes appear to be
lurking about Minneapolis. Late at night
when the driver of street car was within
a short distance of the Riverside car barn.
| in South Minneapolis he noticed three men
| acting in a suspicious manner, and whipped
! his mules into a lively run. The men were
! chasing the car, and calling for the driver
| to stop, when the leader pulled his revolver
! and fired several times at the driver. One
of the bullets lodged in the front of the car.
The Minneapolis Grain Dealers As
sociation, just formed, with capital stock
Of $780, 600, and W. ID. Washburn. John
| Martin, " ID. Hale and fl T.. Fletcher as
incorporatOrs, is to take the place of the
| Washburn Mill Company in handling grain.
but not to buy and control the Minneapolis
| and Pacific railroad elevators, as some had
supposed. The elevators will continue TO be
operated by the Minneapolis a. Pacific road,
as before
George Fitzgibbons, whowas confined
in the Anoka lookup to await the meeting of
the grand jury on the charge of stealing $50
escaped from the jail by filing off two of the
| bars to his cell door. He requested the guard
| TO go out and get him some fresh water,
! which the officer did, leaving the door open.
| When he returned Fitzgibbons had skipped.
! Inc file was left in the jan by careless tin
ner, who had been doing some work in the
prison.
At Albert Lea, Mimi, the seven men
charged with robbing the money drawer of
John Paul's lumber Office were held for pet
| ty larceny, only Sl3 having been found
about them; but later search revealed
| SO goldpiece in the mouth of one of the
! prisoners, so the charge was changed to
| grand larceny, ana the prisoners held TO
await the action of the grand jury. Two
of them had been previously discharged.
At Sabin, Mimi, the hardware store
of w. H. Leighton was entered by burglars
They rifed the till, obtaining So They
| also took cutlery and revolvers amounting
to $50 The burglars proceeded to Moor
| head Constable Larson, seeing them
/ prowling around in a suspicious manner,
gave them chase, resulting in his getting a
| sack containing most of the cutlery, though
the burglars escaped in the darkness.
Sixty-seven young ladies of Milwaukee
took the white veil at Notre Dame convent
Monday The clergy present were Arch
bishop Heiss, Rev. Father Zeiriugen,
president of st. Francis seminary, Rev
T. M Abbelan, chaplain of the convent, Rev.
| Anton }. Decker. of st. Anthony's church,
Rev. William Newk, pastor of st. Michael's
church, and others ArchbiihOp Heiss cele
brated the ceremony of the profession.
Valuable discoveries Of iron ore have
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| county, Iowa. A company has been formed
at Rockford, H., with capital of s. 900,
| 600 to operate and develop the same. The
incorporators are Henry w. Price, George
). Roper and John b. Sine Large tracts
of valuable ore are already located, with
fiattering prospects of almost unlimited
resources
Henry Baily, for some time a resi-
dent of Lake City. Mimi, hired horse and
carriage for drive to Zambro Falls The
rig not being returned when expected, the
owners went in quest of and found it at a
livery stable in Wabasha, where they were
informed that Bailey had unsuccessfully
tried to sell it. There is no further trace of
the man.
Walter b. Smith, the paying teller of
the Second National Bank of st. Paul,
Mimi, who absconded in November 1883
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has been heard of at Fort Worth, Texas, as
in custody as a vagrant. Proceedings have
been instituted to bring him to st. Paul for
trial i'll the United States court there
AT Mankato, Mimi, Eugene l.. Was
colt was arraigned before Judge }. e.
Porter in the municipal court upon charges
preferred by Grant Dutton, for cruelty to
animals in Overdriving team belonging to
Dutton, and was held in bonds of 800 to
appear before the grand jury at the next
| December term.
The first car of thoroughbred horses
and cattle from the New Jersey and Dakota
Stock company's farm in Brunswick has
arrived llelY at Gary, Oak. The company
| will make shipment each month until
| their stock is transferred. The whole stock
will be on exhibition at the Gary fair Sept.
l5 10, and H.
AT Pipestone, Mimi, as A. c. San
l born, was leading COW to water the
animal started to run, winding the picket
rope around the old man. He was thrown
| down and dragged several hundred feet,
| and received njuries from which he died.
| He was 90 years old, and leaves family.
At Mason City, Iowa. Harkinson's foun-
dry burned, together with all the machinery.
| The estimated valuation of the property
! destroyed is *, 90; insured in the Germania
of New York tor 81, 1900. IL is thought to be
the work of an incendiary.
At Redfied, Oak, burglars effected
entrance into three hotels and several
stores. One travelling man lost about
| $3.50, including money and notes. Others
| lost sums of money, mileage tickets, cloth
/ ing and other articles
Vasa, in Goodhue county. Mimi,
had so severe a storm Monday that the citi-
zens took refuge in their cellars; good
| deal of damage was done to stacks of grain
and hay and trees. An immense quantity
of water fell.
On the 25th of August the Manitoba
and Northern Pacific win reduce their
wheat rate from Aberdeen, Cakes, Ellen
dale and points in that vicinity to % cents
when destined for Minneapolis, st. Paul or
Duluth
Two large barns of VIM. Meis q Sons.
at Hampton, Mimi, were struck by light
ming Sunday night and we're totally burned,
with twenty-five imported Norman horses
and 100 tons of hay. Loss $4,000.
Waseca, Mimi. which had the Min
nesota Chautauqua now has the Salvation
army at Trowbridge park, aud are reported
as awakening a good deal of enthusiasm
and making some converts
The Rock Island depot, three grain
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